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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2014, 09:26:06 AM »
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2014, 11:08:06 AM »
Great list!
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2014, 12:50:15 PM »
Wow.  The vali > Lyr, huh?
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »
What about the TH-900?   :boom:
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2014, 02:17:11 PM »
I second the HE-4. May have had some inconsistency issues in the past but I've had a chance to try out a few pairs and they're all great, certainly for the price.

Also the Beefroast
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2014, 03:11:37 PM »
Focal Spirit professional. One of the best closed can ,all price ranges included. Not for large ear though.

I'm sure there're definitely better options for IEMS. Fitear for example.


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Geek Out 450
Amazingly powerful, black background, hyper-detailed, for its price. Get rid of your Hugo. Now.

Seriously ? Hell no ! . This is a lethal weapon . Shitty volume control and it's very noisy with IEMs....  walk the plank
« Last Edit: October 03, 2014, 03:34:41 PM by Sorrodje »
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2014, 03:24:14 PM »
Empirical Overdrive. OR5 class USB input, plus I2S, AES, and BNC. Very good VC allows it to double as a pre on the desktop, less so in the living room as there's no remote. Power base needs little in the way of fancy power conditioning as it uses switch mode supplies instead of toroids or R-cores. Now $6400-6750 down from $8K, and will easily take on the Analog and the Bricasti, or anything else up to $10K or so.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2014, 03:28:38 PM »
Anyone tried the JBL J03B tempo headphones?
Heard one at a friend's place and really liked it.Great balance and no major issues which is quite rare for headphone that cheap, definitely would be my recommendation for a budget headphone.
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #38 on: October 03, 2014, 03:37:08 PM »
A very strong list. Add filters too to the ER4S entry, as you can really tune those things.

I'd drop HD558/598 completely. Maybe replace with Yoga CD880 clones.

FSP sounds very good, but comfort and build quality are  poo.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2014, 02:33:07 AM by Claritas »
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Re: Pyrate Leaderboard
« Reply #39 on: October 03, 2014, 03:48:45 PM »
Quote from: Sorrodje on October 03, 2014, 03:11:37 PM


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Geek Out 450
Amazingly powerful, black background, hyper-detailed, for its price. Get rid of your Hugo. Now.

Seriously ? Hell no ! . This is a lethal weapon . Shitty volume control and it's very noisy with IEMs....  walk the plank

Update your firmware. It's a whole different beast now.

Many of us were using it solely as a DAC previously to other amps as well.
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